Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 264 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Sound plus meaning): Steps: hear the new word → find a sound-alike word → link it to the meaning → review the picture. The keyword sounds like the new word; the picture must also show the meaning: billi = cat → “a cat paying a BILL”. Review the picture later today and tomorrow, then with growing gaps.

1. 1.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
2. 2.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) never again (d) later today and tomorrow
3. 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
4. 4.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
5. 5.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
6. 6.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
7. 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) chaabi (c) phool (d) shala
8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) monkey (b) fish (c) tree (d) mango
9. 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) cat (b) school (c) book (d) water
11. 11.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) aam (c) phool (d) machhli
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) elephant (b) mango (c) sugar (d) book
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I AM eating a mango”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) billi (c) aam (d) kitaab
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) rice (b) sleep (c) water (d) elephant
16. 16.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a flower in a POOL (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!”
17. 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
18. 18.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) is spelled the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
19. 19.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a school in a SHAWL
20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) water (b) tree (c) foot (d) elephant
21. 21.🗣️ In Hindi, “phool” means flower. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a school in a SHAWL (b) a fish lighting a MATCH (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a SACK full of sugar
22. 22.🗣️ In Marathi, “paay” means foot. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHANDelier on the moon (b) a PIE under your foot (c) a book in a KIT bag (d) a BAT made of rice
23. 23.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) sleep (b) sugar (c) moon (d) school
24. 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a book in a KIT bag”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) paani (c) kitaab (d) sakhar
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) rice (b) book (c) cloud (d) cat
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) kitaab (c) baadal (d) machhli
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) aam (c) naak (d) shala
28. 28.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
29. 29.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) phool (b) neend (c) baadal (d) chaabi
30. 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
31. 31.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) rice (b) mother (c) school (d) cat
33. 33.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) bhaat (c) phool (d) bandar
35. 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “mez” is “a MAZE on a table”. What does “mez” mean? (a) cat (b) tree (c) school (d) table
36. 36.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BATTLE in the clouds”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) baadal (b) paani (c) phool (d) ped
37. 37.🗣️ In Hindi, “chaabi” means key. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a CHUBBY key (d) a book in a KIT bag
38. 38.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
39. 39.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a tree on a note PAD”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) ped (c) billi (d) shala
40. 40.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I NEED sleep (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a MAZE on a table

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